So my Darling Husband was Promoted today!!!! huge promotion we are soooooo happy! I just had to share. Anyways my Darling Bees how much does your SO make? And Also would you considering being a stay at home wife? and for what income would that be ok? Just being curious?

I feel that, unless I had children, I would not be a stay at home wife for any amount of $. I would need to work at least halftime (so I don’t lose my mind, feel like I’m contributing towards our goals, etc)

I currently support myself working part-time and I doubt I could ever be a stay at home wife. When I’m not working I do volunteer and have interests and outside of work but I’ll always feel the need to earn money. I’ve learned over the years that the rug can quickly be pulled out from under you and without something to immediately fall back on, it can be a disaster.

Right now, FH makes less than $20,000 a year. Soon we’ll both be bringing in around $80K between the both of us.

I don’t think I could be a SAHW even if we both made a lot of money. I enjoy a few days of just lounging around the house, but I have to be doing something. I’ve been offered a job in a lab after graduation and that’s something I love. I also like to volunteer, so being a SAHW isn’t something I think I’d want for myself.

I am a sahw currently he makes enough that we don’t need to worry but id like to look for a job soon, would help us save faster and wed be able to splurge more. But we currently live in an apt with two dogs and he works long hours, I wouldn’t want my doggies to be in a kennel all day. Maybe when we get a house I would be able to work part time.

The only way I would be a SAHW was if I was completely unable to work. I about went stir crazy when I took off a week to recover after shoulder surgery. I work as a territory sales manager so I would really miss all of the interaction.

I am a stay at home wife. I honestly think we could get by on whatever my husband made, even if he made less than he’s making now, because we’d just adjust our budget to whatever income he had. Of course, it helps that our house and cars are paid for, so we don’t have to worry about those expenses.

I don’t think I’d be a stay at home wife, no matter how much money he made. I’d always work at least part time even when we have kids, unless we just won the lottery and were BOTH able to stop working and gallavant around the world together or something.

Right now my husband makes nothing. He’s working on his graphic design portfolio and is going to be getting an internship. I’m happy to support him building his career right now. I would definitely consider being a SAHW, and while I want to say that it would be AWESOME to devote my time to being a wife and all my hobbies (of which I would have to develop lol), I love what I do and since I started working I am so ambitious and have a great work ethic. It’s even made me reconsider the idea that I want to be a SAHM. Of course, I don’t have kids yet, and I’ll probably have to work once I do just to make ends meet, but maybe I can do part time.

I don’t know what level of income at this point I would feel comfortable not working at anymore. Right now we get by on very little but we are definitely struggling. I want to say maybe $70k and above since that would mean that we are somewhat comfortable. I’m figuring that number because my salary plus a potential future salary for my husband (a larger one) would equal $70k. If we had kids and I really wanted to be a SAHM I’m sure we could figure out how to do that on less than $70k, but we would have to budget a lot if it was $50k or less.